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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






2. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






3. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






4. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






5. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






6. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






7. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






8. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






9. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






10. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






11. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






12. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






13. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






14. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






15. Something that supports a sculpture






16. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






17. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






18. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






19. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






20. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






21. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






22. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






23. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






24. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






25. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






26. Creates blue dye






27. Known for his glass sculpture






28. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






29. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






30. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






31. Technique of shading using dots to control value






32. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






33. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






34. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






35. Renowned for paintings and prints






36. Application of potassium sulphide






37. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






38. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






39. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






40. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






41. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






42. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






43. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






44. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






45. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






46. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






47. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






48. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






49. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






50. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)